Understanding Love

Talking To The Moon

Danielle's Pov

I sat at my window seat, looking up in a daze at the silvery full moon. Trying to clear my head of all the events that have led up to the way im feeling right now. Lonely. Yes I have family and friends who love me, but sometimes, my own lonliness is my enemy as well as all my previous enemies. Although im living a wonderful life. I dont feel. My heart feels empty and cold most of the time. With the exception of a smile that doesn't agree with my thoughts.

Im very lucky to have the upbringing I've had, but yet I'm selfish. To yern for not only more, but also warmth and love. Love. What is love? I question myself, but yet I don't come up with an answer. I should know what love is, but I don't. I've received it all my life but yet I've never really understood just quite what love is.

My ears peak up, when I here a tap on my bedroom door and see it slide open. There at the opening of my doorway, is both my mother and Step father. Who I love greatly. There it comes again. The word love I can give it, and recieve it as easily as breathing, but yet I can't understand it. I wish to find romantic love as well as plain love one day, and just simply understand the meaning behind the word.

They both lean around my door to find me in my window seat. "Goodnight Danny, love you." They both say in turns. Whilst I reply in the same manner, "Goodnight Mum, Love you. Goodnight Paul, Love you." as they both turn to take their leave. It was always the same routine, night after night, and although I mean the words I say, I'm always left wanting for more. What though, I don't know?

I heard scratching at the door and knew straight away who it was, my black and white cat, Silvie. I opened the door and picked her up in my arms. Silvie snuggled into my arms, loving the silkiness of my red pyjamas. As I walked over to my bed, kicking my slippers off, I thought one last time of what tomorrow could bring. Or the next day, or the day after that.

Damian's Pov

I looked up into the sky, at the full moon to recieve a strange feeling in return. I thought about my childhood friend, Danny. Oh how I've missed her over the years, we grew up together and I've always loved her. I could see how lonely she was over the years and although she never saw me through the loneliness she had bottled inside. I always relentlessly stood by her no matter what. My Danny would be 16 in a couple of days, and I am glad to be moving house and school so that I can see her beautiful face again, to see if the loneliness behind those beautiful chocolate eyes has faded and vanished.

I whisper danny's name out my open window and up into the starry, moonlit sky. A slight shiver trembles down my shoulder blades, working It's way down to the bottom of my spine. I close my window and shout goodnight to my uncle, Fred. I hear his gruff voice mumble back goodnight and make my way ove to my bed, whilst pulling off my T-shirt and laying ontop of the covers. I whistle my Husky dog up onto my bed, as she takes up one half of the double bed and I lay on the over half. I lay on my bed breathing in deep calm breaths while flashes of memories of Danny go through my head. I understood how lonely she was, my parents died in a car crash when I was 5 years old. I was the only one to survive. I remember my first day at nursery when I first started. No one came near me, they said I was cursed, that I killed my parents, however I saw one little girl out of the corner of my vision, walking my way. I turned and went to walk away thinking I would only scare her off, thinking I would curse her too like how the other children thought. I could see it in their eyes. Yet as I was fully turned, I didn't get a chance to take a step as I felt someone grab my sleave.

I remember turning around to see a cute little plump girl grabbing hold of the sleave of my top with her face hanging down as if she were shy. She slowly raised her little head of brown bangs and locks of hair and smiled slightly. "Hi my names Danny, nice to meet you. Do you wanna be my friend?." she asked timidly. I thought of how strange she was, acting as if she's never spoke before. She was only 4 years old back then, a year below me. "Sure Danny nice to meet you too. I'd like to be friends." I replied confidently. she smiled and her brown chocolate eyes lit up, making me smile also.

So there it was, the first day Danny entered my life and cold heart and she never left, always staying by my side. She was always known as my Danny since that day forward. We shared moments of fun together and although I never smiled for months after my parents deaths, she always made my heart ache when we were apart and all too soon, she had smiles melting from my lips.

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